One Piece: Under the Throne

Returning to the Island of Dolls again, Leo and his two companions successfully brought back Annabelle's body.

"Anna, Anna, ghost girl, I found your body." Leo called out to Anna loudly, not knowing whether the repair cabin without power could still keep the body fresh.

Anna and Gloria rushed over after hearing the noise. They had been searching for the body for seven years, and today they were going to be reunited with it. Anna was extremely excited.

After opening the repair chamber and taking out the body, Leo urged her to get in quickly.

Seeing that her appearance was the same as 7 years ago, except that she was a little thinner, she was still as beautiful as before. Anna thanked Dilio and the other two gratefully. Then she sorted out her emotions and her soul returned to her body.

Everyone looked at Anna nervously, but no one responded after half an hour. Suddenly, Anna's soul flew out of her body again, and she was a little emotionally broken.

"Why can't my body move? I can clearly feel the connection between my soul and body, but I just can't move. Wuwuwu."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had thought that helping Anna find her body would solve the problem, but they didn't expect this to be the result.

Childs frowned and said, "Tommy must have done something to your body. There are many ways to put a person into a deep sleep."

Leo also remembered seeing something similar in medical books before: "That's true. For example, taking an overdose of sleeping mushrooms or directly taking zombie mushrooms can make people fall into eternal sleep."

"Tommy, Tommy, how is he now?" Anna stopped crying when she heard her brother's name and was eager to know the latest news about her relatives.

"Your brother inherited the earldom and became the new lord of Param..." Before Charles could finish, he was interrupted by Anna.

"Tommy inherited the earldom? What about father?" Anna questioned Charles' words.

"It was Tommy who brought your body back to Palam Island seven years ago. He told everyone that you died in a shipwreck. The old earl also died two years later due to excessive grief. So Tommy naturally inherited the earldom, but..."

"It turns out that my body was taken back to Param by Tommy. I want to see him and tell him the whole story. I want to go home." Anna didn't listen to what Charles and Leo said. Her mind was full of thoughts of going home.

Leo and the other two exchanged helpless looks. Some things should be made clear as soon as possible, otherwise Anna would not be able to accept the facts when she saw them with her own eyes.

"Anna, calm down and listen to me carefully. There is something wrong with your brother Tommy. He found your body seven years ago, but lied that you were dead. He dug your body out and secretly hid it in the basement. And no one knows the truth about how your father died. Before Charles and I took your body back, we saw Tommy hurting your body. So the whole thing was done by Tommy deliberately." Leo told Anna all the information they had collected and what they had seen with their own eyes.

Anna was in a soul state, floating in the air with empty eyes and big tears dripping down.

Gloria looked at her with a worried look on her face: "Leo, can you please help Sister Anna? You are so powerful, there must be a way."

"Of course, helping you get your body back is to solve this problem. Anna, what are you thinking?"

After a long silence, Anna's eyes moved: "I want to go back to Param, I want to go home, I want to ask Tommy in person."

"Okay, we'll take you home, but things are different now than they were seven years ago. Can you follow my instructions?"

"As long as you can fulfill my wish, I will do whatever you say."

Leo let Anna return to her body first, and then took them back to Param Island, planning to sneak into the Count's Castle again at night.

Leo's plan was simple. He would avoid the villagers and go directly to the castle to find Tommy and let Anna confront him face to face. Anyway, they had an overwhelming advantage in terms of force, so they might as well just go straight to the castle.

Leo also has selfish motives in helping Anna. After helping her wake up, Leo wants to recover the power of the Ghost Fruit, but it is not easy to tell her directly given the current situation.

Then the development of things was beyond everyone's expectations. As soon as they returned to Palam, they were blocked at the port by angry villagers. It turned out that Tommy had issued a wanted order, and the information about Leo and others had spread in the town.

"It was that big guy who was asking about Miss Anna at the market. They must have stolen Miss Anna's body." The villagers were holding farm tools and looking at them angrily. A group of people were so excited that they were about to take action. At the same time, a team of guards rushed over, raised their guns and aimed at Leo and his men.

"Outsiders, you are guilty of sneaking into the castle, attacking the Earl, and stealing Miss Anna's body. Now give up resistance and follow us back to be judged by the Earl." The captain of the guard announced the verdict on Leo and others in public.

Seeing that things were developing in an uncontrollable direction, Leo had to lift Anna's body out: "Wait a minute, you have all been deceived, Tommy is lying about the whole thing."

Leo pointed to the recovery cabin and said, "Look, if Miss Anna was buried seven years ago, how could her body be preserved so well? In fact, Miss Anna is not dead at all. She has been imprisoned in the basement by Tommy."

Everyone looked at Anna in confusion. Although Leo's words shook them, they were unwilling to believe that Count Tommy was lying. At this moment, several villagers in the crowd exchanged glances quickly and shouted loudly.

"The burial of the nobles is definitely different from ours. It cannot be explained by common sense."

"Yes, it's not impossible for the Count to preserve the body if he is so rich. It's obvious that you stole Miss Anna's body, and now you are still trying to make excuses."

"You said Miss Anna is still alive, why doesn't she get up and explain to everyone in person."

The people who had been shaken by Leo's words just now became firm again after hearing what these people said. Just when the guards and villagers were about to attack together, a translucent soul floated out of Anna's body.

"I'm Anna, my people, I'm back." Anna excitedly greeted the residents of Palam. Her expression and voice were as gentle and friendly as they were seven years ago.

But everyone's reaction was beyond Anna's expectation. She was no longer greeted with smiles. Everyone looked at her with horror, and even a few guards were so scared that they accidentally fired their guns. Ordinary people could not harm the spirits, but everyone's horrified expressions and suspicious eyes deeply hurt Anna's heart.

Leo gave a signal to Will and Childs, and they overpowered the guards in an instant.

Seeing that Anna's mood was becoming unstable again, Leo quickly comforted her: "Anna, let's go find Tommy. He will definitely be able to solve your physical problem."

Anna did not respond to Leo's words, but floated directly towards the castle in spirit form. Seeing her like this, Leo secretly cried out that it was not good. If Anna accidentally killed Tommy, the clue would be completely broken: "Will, take Anna's body and let's chase after them."

Anna passed through commercial streets and residential areas in the form of a soul, scaring the villagers into hiding. Some villagers recognized Anna's identity but were also scared and ran away. Anna felt her heart bleeding when she heard the subjects who once loved her pointing at her and shouting that there were ghosts and monsters.

The main gate of the castle was right in front of her. Anna suddenly sped up, but another team of guards blocked her way.

The soldier trotted over to Anna and knelt on one knee: "Lady Anna, your loyal knight Lannister welcomes your return."

Leo and his companions also rushed over, and when they saw the guard kneeling in front of Anna, they suddenly realized that it was the guide from yesterday. This guy seemed to have said that he used to be Anna's knight.

"Ms. Anna, your guards have been awaiting your return. Please allow us to escort you back to the castle."

"Knight Lannister, loyalty is your virtue." Anna's eyes softened a little, and she let Lannister lead the way ahead.

Leo and Charles looked at each other. The two teams of guards actually surrounded them. It looked like an escort but it was actually like escorting prisoners. There was something wrong with this guy named Lannister.

After passing through the gate and entering the castle, he came directly to the hall. The hall was brightly lit and Count Tommy was sitting alone in the middle. He was not surprised at all to see Anna floating over in the form of a soul. He even stood up and greeted her.

"Annabelle, my dear sister, you are still as beautiful as ever after seven years." The handsome Earl Tommy greeted with a smile.

"Still as beautiful as before? Tommy, you actually think I'm beautiful even though your sister is like this now?" Tommy's look made Anna understand everything. Leo's judgment was correct. His brother really betrayed her.

With a bang, the castle gate closed and the guards took their positions along the circular hall.

"Hahaha, I'm really happy to see my sister again. Don't you miss me?" Tommy talked to Anna very calmly, and didn't seem to worry that Anna could hurt him.

Lannister stepped back a few steps and happened to stand next to Will. "Lord Tommy, seven years ago you lied that Miss Anna was shipwrecked. You deceived everyone and stole the earldom. Today we will swear to help Miss Anna get everything back."

After Lannister finished speaking, a huge birdcage fell from the sky and trapped everyone.

Leo looked at Lannister helplessly and complained secretly: "Brother, your acting skills are really bad. You haven't mastered the rhythm of pretending and slapping people in the face. How can someone get beaten up when he just starts pretending?"